Housing and Battered Women

The purpose of this paper is to increase the domestic violence advocacy community's knowledge about housing issues, federal housing programs and strategies to comprehensively address battered women's needs for housing. The paper provides a short review of the research about domestic violence and homelessness, trends in federal support for housing and changes in housing policy. A model for conducting a community assessment of local housing needs is included as are critical thinking questions for programs on their organizational capacity for housing advocacy.